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How are race and identity driving conversations among Americans of all backgrounds in 2024, and what stories do they reveal about who we are as a vastly diverse country? Award-winning journalist Michele Norris joins Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander in celebration of many different voices, perspectives, and experiences lifted up in Norris' new book, Our Hidden Conversations, and to discuss the power of open dialogue about race in America today.
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Michele Norris is one of America’s most trusted voices in journalism, earning several honors over a long career, including Peabody, Emmy, Dupont, and Goldsmith awards. She is a columnist for The Washington Post Opinion Section, the host of the Audible Original Podcast, Your Mama’s Kitchen, and from 2002 to 2012 she was a cohost of NPR’s All Things Considered. Norris is also the founding director of The Race Card Project, a Peabody Award–winning narrative archive where people around the world share their reflections on identity—in just six words. Her first book, The Grace of Silence, was named one of the best books of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Kansas City Star. Before joining NPR, Norris spent almost ten years as a reporter for ABC News covering politics, policy, and the dynamics of social change. Early in her career, she also worked as a staff writer for The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity was published in 2024 by Simon & Schuster.
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Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, scholar, and cultural advocate who currently serves as president of the Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities in the United States. A nationally recognized thought leader on race, justice, and American society, she has held distinguished professorships at Yale and Columbia Universities, and previously served as the director of Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation. Dr. Alexander is the author or co-author of fifteen books, including most recently The Trayvon Generation, and has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She composed and delivered the poem “Praise Song for the Day” for President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration, and among her many honors she has been recognized as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People.
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